President Corazon Aquino vowed Tuesday...

LOOKING FOR PEACE.

September 10, 1986

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — LOOKING FOR PEACE. President Corazon Aquino vowed Tuesday to exhaust all means to reach a peaceful settlement with communist insurgents before ordering the military to meet force with force. Her statement was released amid a heated public exchange between several Cabinet members strongly endorsing her peace initiatives and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, who has expressed doubts about their outcome. Enrile's warnings have intensified since the Aug. 27 deaths of 15 army rangers in a rebel ambush in an area under a local cease- fire. Asked how long Aquino would give the peace talks, a spokesman said, ''Your guess is as good as mine.''